"Shift (Narnia) Shift is a fictional character in the children's fantasy series ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" by C. S. Lewis. He is the main antagonist of ""The Last Battle"", which is the last book of the series. Shift is an ape who, like many animals in Lewis' work, can talk; Lewis does not specify what kind of ape, but Pauline Baynes' illustrations depict him as a chimpanzee. At the beginning of the book, he lives near his friend/servant Puzzle the donkey at the base of the Great Waterfall, next to the Caldron Pool where the Great River starts its course"
"The Last Battle The Last Battle is a high fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by The Bodley Head in 1956. It was the seventh and final novel in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956). Like the others it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions. ""The Last Battle"" is set almost entirely in the Narnia world and the English children who participate arrive only in the middle of the narrative. The novel is set some 200 Narnian years after ""The Silver Chair"" and about 2500 years (and 49 Earth"
"pares"", or first-among-equals with the other leaders of the church. Similarly, Peter Pevensie is given the title of High King. Lastly the biblical St. Peter, according to Catholic tradition, was given the ""keys to the kingdom of heaven"" and Peter Pevensie shut the door, locking it with a golden key, sealing the destroyed Narnia after the judgment in ""The Last Battle"". Peter Pevensie Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" book series. Peter appears in three of the seven books; as a child and a principal character in ""The Lion, the Witch and"
"The Chronicles of Narnia The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Written by Lewis, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and originally published in London between 1950 and 1956, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for radio, television, the stage, and film. Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals, the series narrates the adventures"
"Seven Great Lords of Narnia The Seven Great Lords of Narnia are fictional characters in The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. They are briefly mentioned in ""Prince Caspian"" and are central to the plot in ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"", the second and third published books, respectively, in the series. In the book ""Prince Caspian"", Caspian overthrows Miraz, with the help of the Old Narnians, to take his rightful position as King of Narnia. In ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"" he sets sail for the Lone Islands and beyond to look for the seven lords who"
"Chronicles of Narnia"" over and over again. Lucy Barfield died at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in west London on 3 May 2003, having battled multiple sclerosis for almost 40 years. Lucy Barfield Lucy Barfield (2 November 1935 – 3 May 2003) was the godchild of C.S. Lewis. ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" is dedicated to Lucy, who also lent her name to the book's heroine, Lucy Pevensie. Lewis's letter and the dedication to ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" reads: My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had"
"Adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954, illustrated by Pauline Baynes and published in London between October 1950 and March 1956, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for television, radio, the stage, film, in audio books, and as video games. ""The Lion, the Witch and the"
"Religion in The Chronicles of Narnia ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. In addition to numerous traditional Christian themes, the series borrows characters and ideas from Greek and Roman mythology, and from and . C.S. Lewis was an adult convert to Christianity and had previously authored some works on Christian apologetics and fiction with Christian themes. However, he did not originally set out to incorporate"
"Peter Pevensie Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" book series. Peter appears in three of the seven books; as a child and a principal character in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" and ""Prince Caspian"", and as an adult in ""The Last Battle"". He is only mentioned in ""The Horse and His Boy"" in which he is away on the northern frontier fighting giants and in ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"" in which he is studying under the tutelage of Professor Kirke. In Disney's live-action films, """", Peter is portrayed"
"around the Narnian year 570 (mentioned in the Last Battle), that the White Witch Jadis returns to Narnia around year 898 (corresponding roughly with her hundred-year reign), that King Ram of Archenland succeeds Cor in 1050 (as stated, without the year in ""The Horse and His Boy""), and that Queen Swanwhite lived around the year 1502 (also mentioned in ""The Last Battle""). Narnia (world) Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as the primary location for his series of seven fantasy novels for children, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". The world is so called after the country of"
"Narnia (world) Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as the primary location for his series of seven fantasy novels for children, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". The world is so called after the country of Narnia, in which much of the action of the Chronicles takes place. In Narnia, some animals can talk, mythical beasts abound, and magic is common. The series tracks the story of Narnia when humans, usually children, enter the Narnian world from 'our world', or Earth. The country of Narnia is where most of the action of the series is set. According to"
"Edmund Pevensie Edmund ""Ed"" Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series. He is a principal character in three of the seven books (""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", ""Prince Caspian"", and ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader""), and a lesser character in two others (""The Horse and His Boy"" and ""The Last Battle""). In the live-action films, """", """" and """", Edmund is portrayed by actor Skandar Keynes. Actor Mark Wells portrays an older Edmund at the end of the first film. In ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", Edmund betrays"
"royalty (and referred to as ""Lady Polly"" and ""Lord Digory""). Polly Plummer Polly Plummer (1889-1949) is a major fictional character from C. S. Lewis's fantasy series ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". She appears in two of the seven books: ""The Magician's Nephew"" and ""The Last Battle"". Polly is introduced in ""The Magician's Nephew"" - which was the sixth book in the series to be published but is first in the internal chronology of Narnia. Polly was born in London, in 1889. In 1900, she is an 11-year-old girl who lives in London, England in a multi-story terrace house and is the"
"books that make up ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" are presented here in order of original publication date: ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", completed by the end of March 1949 and published by Geoffrey Bles in the United Kingdom on 16 October 1950, tells the story of four ordinary children: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie, who have been evacuated to the English countryside from London in 1940 following the outbreak of World War II. They discover a wardrobe in Professor Digory Kirke's house that leads to the magical land of Narnia. The Pevensie children help Aslan, a talking"
"brief conclusion. In Narnia, the siblings seem fit to fulfill an old prophecy and so are soon adventuring both to save Narnia and their lives. Lewis wrote the book for, and dedicated it to, his goddaughter Lucy Barfield. She was the daughter of Owen Barfield, Lewis's friend, teacher, adviser, and trustee. In 1940, four siblings – Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy – are among many children evacuated from London during World War II to escape the Blitz. They are sent to the countryside to live with an old professor, later to be named Digory Kirke. Exploring the professor's house, Lucy"
"The manuscript was eventually published in 1977, though Lewis scholar Kathryn Lindskoog doubts its authenticity. ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" is a series of seven fantasy novels for children and is considered a classic of children's literature. Written between 1949 and 1954 and illustrated by Pauline Baynes, the series is Lewis's most popular work, having sold over 100 million copies in 41 languages . Lewis wrote several works on Heaven and Hell. One of these, ""The Great Divorce"", is a short novella in which a few residents of Hell take a bus ride to Heaven, where they are met by people"
"Mr. and Mrs. Beaver Mr. and Mrs. Beaver are fictional characters in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. In ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" they are instrumental in conveying the Pevensie children to Aslan, and they appear briefly in the final novel ""The Last Battle"". In ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", Mr. Beaver encounters the Pevensies in the snow-covered Narnian woods, when they have left the ransacked cave of Tumnus the faun, after they discover that Tumnus has been arrested by the White Witch's police. Mr. Beaver introduces himself and takes him back to his"
"Digory Kirke Professor Digory Kirke (1888-1949) is a fictional character from C. S. Lewis' fantasy series ""The Chronicles of Narnia."" He appears in three of the seven books: ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", ""The Magician's Nephew"", and ""The Last Battle."" In the 2005 film """", he is played as an adult by Jim Broadbent. In ""The Magician's Nephew,"" the sixth book to be published but the first in the chronology of Narnia, Digory is a young boy, who was born in UK in 1888. He lives in London with his Uncle Andrew and Andrew's sister Aunt Letty, because"
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956). Among all the author's books it is also the most widely held in libraries. Although it was written as well as published first in the series, it is volume two in recent editions, which are sequenced by the stories' chronology (the first being ""The Magician's Nephew""). Like the others, it was illustrated by"
"only to write the one Narnia novel, ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". However, when Roger Lancelyn Green asked him how a lamp post came to be standing in the midst of Narnian woodland, Lewis was intrigued enough by the question to attempt to find an answer by writing ""The Magician's Nephew"", which features a younger version of Professor Kirke from the first novel. ""The Magician's Nephew"" seems to have been the most challenging Narnia novel for Lewis to write. The other six Chronicles of Narnia were written between 1948 and 1953, ""The Magician's Nephew"" was written over a"
"Emeth Emeth (Hebrew אמת : ""truth,"" ""firmness,"" or ""veracity"") is a Calormene character from C. S. Lewis's book ""The Last Battle"" from The Chronicles of Narnia series. He is a controversial character among some Christians who disagree with Lewis' soteriology. Specifically, the salvation of Emeth is understood to be an implicit endorsement of Inclusivism. Emeth is a young Calormene officer, second in command of a detachment of the Tisroc's soldiers under Rishda Tarkaan, who enter Narnia in the guise of merchants. This is part of a conspiracy to seize the north of the country by using the Narnians' faith in"
"Mr. Tumnus Tumnus is a fictional character in the ""Narnia"" books, written by C.S. Lewis. He is featured prominently in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" and also appears, with a lesser role, in ""The Horse and His Boy"" and ""The Last Battle"". He is close friends with Lucy Pevensie and is the first creature she meets in Narnia, as well as the first Narnian to be introduced in the series. Lewis said that the first Narnia story, ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", all came to him from a single picture he had in his head of"
"King Edmund, Lord Digory, Lady Polly and Queen Lucy, and bears witness to the end of Narnia. Tirian King Tirian (born between 2530 and 2535, Narnian time) is a fictional character from C. S. Lewis's fantasy series ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". He is the protagonist of ""The Last Battle"", in which he is the last King of Narnia, who has to defend his kingdom against subversion and invasion. He is well respected by the Narnians, and a skilled swordsman. He is descended from Prince Caspian, and is the son of King Erlian. His closest friend is Jewel the Unicorn. Troubles"
"1950s, the reserved, middle-aged bachelor C. S. Lewis is an Oxford University academic at Magdalen College and author of ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series of children's books. He meets the married American poet Joy Davidman Gresham and her young son Douglas on their visit to England, not yet knowing the circumstances of Gresham's troubled marriage. What begins as a formal meeting of two very different minds slowly develops into a feeling of connection and love. Lewis finds his quiet life with his brother Warnie disrupted by the outspoken Gresham, whose uninhibited behaviour sharply contrasts with the rigid sensibilities of the"
"on 6 September 1954. The story takes place during the reign of the Pevensies in Narnia, an era which begins and ends in the last chapter of ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". The protagonists, a young boy named Shasta and a talking horse named Bree, both begin in bondage in the country of Calormen. By ""chance"", they meet and plan their return to Narnia and freedom. Along the way they meet Aravis and her talking horse Hwin, who are also fleeing to Narnia. Completed in February 1954 and published by Bodley Head in London on 2 May 1955,"
"Narnia. Aslan tells them that the English friends of Narnia and the Pevensies' parents have all died in a train crash. (Susan, who was not on the train, is the only surviving member of the family). The series ends with the revelation that it was only the beginning of the true story, ""which goes on for ever, and in which every chapter is better than the one before"". Floyd C. Gale wrote in ""Galaxy Science Fiction"" that the book ""is a delightful fantastic fable of the type which the English have excelled since—or perhaps because of—Lewis Carroll"". The Last Battle"
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 American fantasy adventure film based on ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"", the third novel in C. S. Lewis's epic fantasy series ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (and fifth in internal chronological order). It is the third installment in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" film series, and the final film in the series to be produced by Walden Media. This is the only film in the series to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, as Walt Disney Studios Motion"
"White Witch had eliminated beavers from Narnia. The Beavers reunite with the Pevensies in Aslan's Country in ""The Last Battle"". Mr. Beaver is spoofed in the 2007 feature film ""Epic Movie"" as ""Harry Beaver"". Mr. and Mrs. Beaver Mr. and Mrs. Beaver are fictional characters in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. In ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" they are instrumental in conveying the Pevensie children to Aslan, and they appear briefly in the final novel ""The Last Battle"". In ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", Mr. Beaver encounters the Pevensies in the snow-covered Narnian woods,"
"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a high fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1952. It was the third published of seven novels in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956) and Lewis had finished writing it in 1950, before the first book was out. It is volume five in recent editions, which are sequenced according to Narnia history. Like the others it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions. It is the only Narnia book that does not have"
"Prince Caspian Prince Caspian (originally published as Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia) is a high fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1951. It was the second published of seven novels in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956), and Lewis had finished writing it in 1949, before the first book was out. It is volume four in recent editions of the series, sequenced according to Narnia history. Like the others, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions. ""Prince Caspian"" features ""return to Narnia"" by the"
"in Lewis's books quite literally becomes. The surname ""Pevensie"" does not actually appear in the Chronicles until the third published book, ""The Voyage of the ""Dawn Treader. Peter was born in 1927 and is 13 years old when he appears in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". As a monarch of Narnia's Golden Age, he rules with his brother and sisters for 15 years, reaching the approximate age of 28 before returning to the age of 13 in England at the end of ""Wardrobe"". By ""The Last Battle"" he is a 22-year-old university student with his heart still in"
"and the three lords awaken from their sleep, whereupon they are greeted by Lord Rhoop. Seven Great Lords of Narnia The Seven Great Lords of Narnia are fictional characters in The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. They are briefly mentioned in ""Prince Caspian"" and are central to the plot in ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"", the second and third published books, respectively, in the series. In the book ""Prince Caspian"", Caspian overthrows Miraz, with the help of the Old Narnians, to take his rightful position as King of Narnia. In ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"" he"
"of the individual stories"" and ""obscures the literary structures as a whole"". Peter Schakel devotes an entire chapter to this topic in his book ""Imagination and the Arts in C. S. Lewis: Journeying to Narnia and Other Worlds"", and in ""Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia"" he writes: Aslan, the Great Lion, is the eponymous lion of ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books. He is also the only character to appear in all seven books. Aslan is a talking lion, the King of Beasts, son of"